If you find maggot infestations extremely disgusting ... then your political inclinations are most likely conservative. Or so says this study. It also makes the claim that a tendency toward progressivism or conservatism is closely correlated with how strongly you react to something disgusting – and that both of these are primarily heritable traits. That last bit – that political tendencies are heritable – is particularly scary, as that means demographics favor the progressives (mainly because minorities vote overwhelmingly for Democrats, and they have more children than any other voting group).
This reminds me, though, of an odd factoid I read years ago: a ranking of voting preference by profession. Sanitation workers and septic tank cleaners were top of the list for progressives. Hmmmm...
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